在Eoarchean Saglek-Hebron元沉积岩中的石墨碳的非生物合成
Zixiao Guo1,2, Dominic Papineau3,4,5,6, Jonathan O'Neil7
1School of Geographical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Ecological Construction, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China. zxguo@hebtu.edu.cn.
Nature communications
|July 6, 2024
概括
加拿大岩石中的古老石墨,曾经被认为是生命.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 矿物学是什么?矿物学是什么?
- 早期地球的条件.
背景情况:
- 古时代的萨格勒克-希伯伦-格内斯综合体包含在13世纪耗尽的石墨.
- 这种石墨被认为是地球上最古老的生物标志之一.
- 在古代石墨中对生物质保存的变形效应仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究石墨碳的矿物联体和结晶性.
- 确定萨格勒克-希伯伦石岩中的石墨碳的起源.
- 评估地球早期环境中无生物石墨形成的潜力.
主要方法:
- 岩石样本的石化分析.岩石样本的石化分析.
- 矿物和石墨组成的地质化学分析.
- 谱分析以确定石墨的结晶性.
主要成果:
- 带状铁形状的薄晶石墨可能起源于有机物分解的C-H-O流体.
- 这些结构中的晶体石墨表明在变形期间的保存.
- 大理石中的石墨与碳酸盐和磁铁一起存在,表明通过脱碳化进行非生物合成.
结论:
- 萨格勒克 - 希伯伦岩石中的可变晶体石墨碳可能是非生物产物.
- 这一发现挑战了所有古老石墨作为生命直接证据的解释.
- 提供了一个框架,通过转化来识别保存的先生物有机物质.
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